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Show fill h i u4h 1 Things I Aeier Knew 'Til iVoto About Miss America: WACs are considered precious government gov-ernment commodities ... At most camps when a soldier dates a WAC he must sign for her when he takes her out and when he brings her back . . . The utility bags the WACs carry are known as "portable powder pow-der rooms" . . . WACs are permitted per-mitted to wear lipstick, but they must wipe it off before putting on their gas mask and before going into the mess hall (so they won't smudge the drinking cups) . . . Though every WAC Is issued two girdles, regulations regula-tions do not state whether she must wear them . . . The only difference between the girls' barracks and the men's is that the WACs have shades on their windows (to keep the wolves away from the door!) ... On the way to Africa the WACs dubbed their life preservers "second fronts." The WACs at Algiers live In a convent con-vent bldg. and must be inside at 7 o'clock every evening except one night a week when they get a pass until 11 . . . You'll never see a WAC walking arm-in-arm with her boy friend (because she must keep her right arm free for saluting!) . . . Gen. Eisenhower, after reviewing the WACs, commented: "They are among my best troops" ... In North Africa, an M.P. stopped a WAC be- j cause she failed to salute a group of second lieutenants . . . "Would you have saluted," she snapped, "if they called you 'Toots'?" For the first time, women may now enlist In the WAC specifically for service with the Air Forces, and will be assigned to the AAF after completing com-pleting basic training . . . Air-WACs are eligible for 155 specialized jobs in radio, photography, medicine, mechanics, me-chanics, public relations, weather, instructing and other fields . . . An Amphibian Commando recently sent his mother, a WAC, some spending money and enclosed a note reading: "Mother, this Is my salute to you . . . The more there are of you the sooner we'll be home." Each WAC is permitted to have three pin-up pictures in the barracks, bar-racks, but photos of movie stars are rare among the girls (their glamour boys are brothers and sweethearts overseas) . . . The WACs stationed in North Africa claim they'd rather receive vitamin pills and calcium tablets as Christmas gifts than anything any-thing else . . . WAC slang for cosmetics cos-metics is "dry ammunition" . . . WACs aren't permitted' to wear earrings ear-rings (a military appearance must be maintained at all times) . . . They may wear signet, engagement or wedding rings but bracelets and costume jewelry are taboo . . . Another An-other favorite with the WACs is this G.I. comment: "There are so many women in the Army now that when a soldier sees a uniform coming down the street he can't tell right away whether to salute or whistle! " The Air-WACs at Kingman Army Air Field, Ariz., call Lt. Evelyn Biggs, the femme postal officer "Postal Packin' Mama" . . . Muriel Hubbard McCormick, Rockefeller's granddaughter, is a WAC in the motor mo-tor corps . . . WACs aren't permitted permit-ted to carry any weapons not even imitations . . . The gals refer to G.I. shoes as "gruesome twosomes" . . . The green ribbon WACs wear over their left breast pocket means that they served honorably in the WAAC and re-enlisted when the corps was made part of the regular Army . . . The first thing most WACs look forward to after the war is to be able to sleep on an inner-spring inner-spring mattress . . . The WACs have an answer to the soldiers' chant: "The WACs and WAVES are winning the war, so what the hell are we fighting for?" ... It is: "The Army thought they won the war, but the WACs were there the day before!" The WAC outfit furnished each recruit would cost her $250 in the shops (each girl's clothes are fitted to her) . . . Her leather gloves alone would cost $12 . . . WACs refer to a date as a "night maneuver" . . . Dark nail polish is taboo for the WACs. They can use nail polish provided pro-vided it's light and ladylike . . . Their favorite place for hiding gewgaws gew-gaws and knick-knacks is under their hats, of all places! . . . The last WAC census showed that the largest percentage of the girls were 22 years old . . . Gen. George C. Marshall's niece and Gen. Douglas MaeArthur's cousin are WACs . . . Sgt. Alvin C. York's niece is a sergeant in the WACs. Once, while drilling a gToup of recruits, she was heard to shout: "When I tell you to come to attention, atten-tion, I mean come to attention AND NO WIGGLIN'l" Quotation Marksmanship: Irene Vis: Leaves turning cartwheels on the lawn . . . Hilda Morris: Snow, : tufting the branches, looking like ! lace-edged valentines . . . Henny j Youngman: The big "?" in 1944 is Dewey, but the very big "!" is still FDR . . . H. Klurfeld: Rationing divides goods; inflation devours it . . . M. Richardson: His conversation con-versation was as pointless as a pretzel pret-zel .. . helen Todd: A face starched with disapproval Bob Hich'.-ns: The soeret was hushed from place tr. ;!:H'e. |